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Table 1 Characteristics of study population

From: Development of a risk score for low back pain in office workers - a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

N (%)

Mean ± SD

Gender (n = 397)

  

   Male

65 (16.4)

 

   Female

332 (83.6)

 

Age(years) (n = 396)

 

41.5 ± 9.7

Body mass index (Kg/m 2 ) (n = 395)

 

23.9 ± 4.6

Level of education (n = 386)

  

   Primary school

11 (2.8)

 

   Secondary school

16 (4.1)

 

   College

41 (10.6)

 

   Bachelor's degree

209 (54.1)

 

   Higher than Bachelor's degree

109 (28.2)

 

Years of work experience (years) (n = 362)

 

14.9 ± 9.0

Weekly working days (days per week) (n = 363)

 

5.1 ± 0.6

Daily working hours (hours per day) (n = 372)

 

8.0 ± 1.3

Quality of life measured by the WHOQOL-BREF-Thai (n = 391)

 

25.7 ± 3.5

   Poor

4 (1.0)

 

   Fair

225 (57.5)

 

   Good

162 (41.4)

 

Stress level measured by the Suanprung stress test (n = 391)

 

42.8 ± 17.3

   Low

62 (15.9)

 

   Medium

131 (33.5)

 

   High

149 (38.1)

 

   Extremely high

49 (12.5)

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